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Human Rights Data Analysis Group

US non-profit organization

Summary

US non-profit organization

Field	Value
name	Human Rights Data Analysis Group
logo	Hrdag-logo-2021.png
type	Non-profit
founded_date	1991
founder	Patrick Ball
location	San Francisco, California
origins	AAAS Science and Human Rights Program
key_people	Patrick Ball, Megan Price
area_served	Global
product	Data analysis in the field of human rights
method	Assisting human rights projects by conducting rigorous scientific and statistical analysis of large-scale human rights abuses
owner	Human Rights Data Analysis Group
website

The Human Rights Data Analysis Group is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world. It was founded in 1991 by Patrick Ball. The organization has published findings on conflicts in Syria,{{cite book Colombia,{{cite book Chad,{{cite book Kosovo,{{cite book Guatemala,{{cite journal Peru, East Timor,{{Cite news India, Liberia, Bangladesh, and Sierra Leone. The organization provided testimony in the war crimes trials of Slobodan Milošević and Milan Milutinović at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and in Guatemala's Supreme Court in the trial of General José Efraín Ríos Montt, the de facto president of Guatemala in 1982–1983. Gen. Ríos Montt was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity.{{Cite news Most recently, the organization has published on police violence in the United States.{{cite journal

History

The Human Rights Data Analysis Group was founded in December 1991 by Patrick Ball as a part of the Science and Human Rights Program within the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It moved to the non-profit umbrella company Benetech on November 3, 2003. On February 1, 2013, HRDAG became an independent nonprofit organization, fiscally sponsored by Community Partners.

References

Grillo, Christine. (2016-12-10). "HRDAG – 25 Years and Counting".
(2008-03-18). "AAAS Science and Human Rights Program - Human Rights Data Analysis Group".
Adams, Justin. (2013-01-02). "Benetech Celebrates Milestone; Human Rights Data Analysis Group Transitioning into Independent Organization".

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